"I appreciate your respect for the ladies, Petit," Sweeney said, almost as a passing remark while he looked over the handles and then inspected them properly. All six were in just the same condition they were when he'd left. It was an obvious love affair between Sweeney and his razors, as it had always been, but he didn't go through the long inspection. A quick once over of each of the six that he'd entrusted to Petit were well off. He snapped the case back closed and slipped it onto his lap.
"Any good businesswoman would want a payment for keeping them intact, if I'm not mistaken."